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Multilingual Politics Expert
Mercor • Remote
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$30–$60/task
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146d ago
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- Role Overview
Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab on a large-scale AI training initiative focused on improving political analysis, civic reasoning, and policy interpretation in advanced language models. We’re seeking experienced Politics experts to contribute by creating and evaluating politics-related prompts and responses.
This is a multilingual opportunity. We are specifically seeking experts who are fluent and deeply engaged in one or more of the following languages:
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Thai, Tamil, or Hindi.
Importantly, we are not looking for translation ability alone. Candidates must have sustained engagement with political discourse within their linguistic and cultural context — including familiarity with local political systems, party structures, electoral processes, public policy debates, political history, and media landscapes.
This role is ideal for serious political enthusiasts, policy followers, civic researchers, writers, or dedicated hobbyists who actively participate in political discussions and analysis in their language ecosystem.
- Key Responsibilities
Author realistic politics-related prompts spanning political systems, comparative politics, public policy, elections, governance structures, and political theory
Review and revise AI-generated responses for factual accuracy, contextual nuance, neutrality, and clarity
Write high-quality human-authored “gold” responses for complex political or policy-oriented questions
Create controlled prompt variations that test subtle differences in political context, institutional structure, historical period, or policy framing
Evaluate outputs across different tones (analytical, explanatory, neutral briefing-style) and instruction constraints
Identify model failure cases involving factual inaccuracies, oversimplification, partisan framing, or culturally inconsistent interpretations
- Ideal Qualifications
2+ years of sustained, serious engageme
Requirements
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Writing
Eligible Languages
Fluent proficiency in one or more of: Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, or Thai
Why This Role
Rare opportunity for top 1% experts. Earn $45/hr contributing to the world's most advanced AI labs. This is one of the few roles where academic precision is valued as highly as commercial output.
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Do I need to be fluent in Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, or Thai?
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